you got to think about odor control and I don't know if a pc fan can cool the light enough

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I would defnitily advise to spend a little extra money the beginning and do it right the first time and you be happy in the end

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what odor would i have to worry about if the reflector is sealed in with the tempered glass.All that is being sucked out is hot air from the light and incoming air from the other side.

I think a sealed pyrex glass could work well. As. long as it is completely sealed off from the growspace I think it sounds like a great idea. you should do it. keep us updated

I 'll be interested as well if the odour is contained.....odour is one of those things....makes its way where it don't belong....path of least resistance......good luck man! keep us updated!

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ha! man I have a three ft wide x18 inch deep and 6 foot tall cabinet from office depote. It was about 275 dollars,I know you said money was an issue but the cabinet is what makes it stealthier.I have 600 hps in there with a 6" vortex 449cfm fan which was expensive about 200 dollars,and its kinda loud. I wish I would of went with a duct fan from lowes for about 40$ and is much quieter,but I can putt my hand right on the glass and it doesnt feel hot at all. just trying too help! A good light and cabinet and your in,green tree hydroponics is where I got mine for 286$ econo cool reflector with remote ballast and accomondates both hps and mh. It worth it.

Man those fans are bad ass but there just too damn expensive.You should have got a active air blower from hydrofarm for like 150$ i here there quiet.But as for me i gotta make it work with one or two pc fans for exuast.Pc fans push 70 cfm so if i was useing just one it would only be venting out the reflector which is like less than 2 cfm.Also from what i here those inline fans from home depot are kinda noisy people said they can here a humming noise in the other room.

Has anyone tryed or heard of just useing a piece of tempered glass over there canopy and useing that as there own sealed in reflector.I would love the euro but its another 60$ bucks that im gonna have give up instead of using that for my cabinet.

I would assume that could work, just put the light at the top of your cab and then seal the glass in.......remember that your not going to be able to lower and raise your light if their is a piece of glass permantly seal to the sides of the cab, but you could just raise your plants up to the light when their young and this lower them as get taller.............it is also possible to make your own air cooled reflector if your handy

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i think i could raise it because there are some cabinets were they have little holes on the side so you can place a shelf to where ever you would like it.Im not shure if this cabinet has it i need to go to ikea and check it out again and see if it does.Another thing that cincerns me is if i have the 400w hps and if only the middle of the shelf im using has tempered glass would the outside of the shelf heat up and burn sence its wood and so close to the light.Do this lights heat up that much to burn wood and start fires.